New Alabama Law Cuts Taxes for Gulf Coast Commercial Fishermen
A new Alabama law signed by Gov. Kay Ivey will cut taxes on commercial fishing vessels, equipment and supplies starting in 2023, extending exemptions long enjoyed by farmers to Gulf…
Newhouse-owned Alabama newspapers weigh outsourcing Birmingham News printing
Alabama’s Newhouse-family newspapers are once again redrawing their operations, and the shift is reaching readers in Mobile. An internal company email described to local media indicates Advance Publications is exploring…
Longtime Mobile Film Office Director Eva Golson Inducted Into Southern PR Hall of Fame
The Birmingham News may outsource its printing operation in a move that could affect more than 100 jobs, Mobile Press-Register subscribers are being billed added sales taxes, and longtime Mobile…
USA economist Donald Epley says ‘buy local’ could keep $21 billion in Mobile region
Buying local could be worth more than $21 billion a year to the Mobile-area economy, according to a University of South Alabama economist who recently laid out the region’s “importing”…
Mobile Council Extends Penny Sales Tax Through 2018 for Infrastructure
Mobile's City Council voted 6-1 to extend its penny sales tax increase through 2018, directing funds toward infrastructure and economic development.
Budget Standoff Over Sales Tax Closes Two Mobile Police Precincts
Mobile shut down its Fourth Precinct and MLK Mini Precinct after the City Council rejected a one-cent sales tax increase Mayor Sam Jones had proposed to close a $14 million…
Mobile County Weighed Hurricane and Christmas Sales Tax Holidays After Back-to-School Success
Encouraged by a back-to-school sales tax holiday that appeared to lift rather than dent collections, Mobile County commissioners sketched plans for two more breaks: one for hurricane supplies in June,…